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China warns Papua New Guinea over Australian defence deal
Sep 19, 2025 (AFP)
Australia and Papua New Guinea this week agreed on the text of a deal which will see the countries commit to defending each other from armed attacks. Asked abou...
Climate change causing havoc with global water cycle: UN
Sep 18, 2025 (AFP)
The UN's World Meteorological Organization said in a report that the world's water cycle was becoming ever more unpredictable, with shrinking glaciers, droughts...
UK's largest lake 'dying' as algae blooms worsen
Sep 17, 2025 (AFP)
But this summer, the thick green veneer -- so widespread it is visible from space -- has been worse than ever, according to locals living near the Northern Irel...
Australia, Papua New Guinea delay mutual defence treaty
Sep 16, 2025 (AFP)
The deal was set to see the two nations commit to defending each other from armed attacks as they face "emerging threats" to their security, according to a copy...
Rising oceans to threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050: report
Sep 15, 2025 (AFP)
The long-awaited national climate risk assessment found that rising temperatures will have "cascading, compounding, concurrent" impacts on life in Australia, ho...
Bulgarian mussel farmers face risk, and chance, in hotter sea
Sep 14, 2025 (AFP)
Yet Stanev, a 56-year-old former marine commando, sees the fallout from climate change as both a threat and opportunity for his business. As bad as it is for Bu...
Pacific leaders agree new summit rules after China, Taiwan bans
Sep 12, 2025 (AFP)
The 18-member Pacific Islands Forum in the Solomon Islands concluded after leaders met behind closed doors on Friday, with the gathering's key talking point bei...
'We don't want to become a memory': minister of endangered Tuvalu
Sep 12, 2025 (AFP)
The Pacific island nation is one of the places most threatened by climate change, to the point that it might become uninhabitable this century if planet-heating...
Against the tide: Filipinos battle rising sea on sinking island
Sep 11, 2025 (AFP)
The routine has been the same ever since the rising tides of Manila Bay began swallowing the island -- a seven-hectare speck of land in danger of sinking comple...
China to establish nature reserve at disputed South China Sea reef
Sep 10, 2025 (AFP)
The triangular chain of reefs and rocks, known as Huangyan Island in China, has been a flashpoint between the countries since China seized it from the Philippin...
Pacific Island leaders back 'ocean of peace' at fraught summit
Sep 10, 2025 (AFP)
After a day of largely closed-door talks in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara, the 18 Pacific Islands Forum leaders endorsed a Fiji-backed push for a state...
Invasive plants and bacteria threaten Iraq's Euphrates
Sep 10, 2025 (AFP)
Its 46 million people face rising temperatures, chronic water shortages and year-on-year droughts, in a country intensely impacted by climate change. The impact...
Ethiopia inaugurates Africa's biggest dam
Sep 09, 2025 (AFP)
For Ethiopia, the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a national project of historic scale and a rare unifying symbol in a country torn apart by ongoing internal co...
Ethiopia mega-dam overcame war, funding obstacles
Sep 09, 2025 (AFP)
African leaders joined Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in officially unveiling the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) that has promised to revolutionise the count...
Ethiopia's mega-dam ranks 15th globally
Sep 09, 2025 (AFP)
The data, published in April and analysed by AFP, found only China, Brazil, Venezuela, Russia, and Canada operate dams with a comparable or greater capacity. In...
Ethiopia to inaugurate Africa's biggest dam
Sep 09, 2025 (AFP)
For Ethiopia, the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a national project of historic scale and a rare unifying symbol in a country torn apart by ongoing internal co...
China 'elephant in the room' at fraught Pacific Islands summit
Sep 08, 2025 (AFP)
Alongside its 18 member states including key players Australia and New Zealand, gatherings of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) are typically attended by dozens m...
Experts say great white shark likely killed Australian surfer
Sep 07, 2025 (AFP)
The experienced surfer, identified by Australian media as Mercury Psillakis, was mauled to death by a shark on Saturday off a popular beach in northern Sydney, ...
50-plus archaeological sites on Easter Island could become submerged
Sep 05, 2025 (UPI)
The research, led by Rapa Nui scientist Noah Paoa, highlights the impact of climate change on the island's cultural and tourism heritage. Indigenous Polynesian ...
Ethiopia's multi-billion-dollar dam promises economic boost
Sep 05, 2025 (AFP)
- Megastructure - The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is touted as the largest hydroelectric facility in Africa. The $4-billion megastructure stretches n...
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